Cera — #11335 US girls' name
1,402 babies named Cera in U.S. Social Security records since 1979, with the highest year being 1995. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 36% of names given to girls today.
49% of everyone ever named Cera was born in this single decade.
98 babies were named Cera in 1995 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Cera
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,402 babies named Cera between 1979 and 2024, spanning 46 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Cera currently holds the #11335 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1995, when 98 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Cera performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 681 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Cera shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 123 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Cera in 8 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Cera in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 1,402 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Cera at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Cera popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1979
- Peak year (1995)
- 98
- Annual births at peak — across 46 years of records
Currently ranks #11335 among girls.
1,402 total births across 46 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1995 with 98 births in a single year.
Cera by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 681 births that decade — 49% of Cera's all-time total
Cera decade highlights
- Peak decade 681 births
- Runner-up 387 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Cera's strongest decade
681 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 49% of all-time use.
Cera by state
Where Cera concentrates geographically — total births since 1979
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 123 | 8.8% |
| #2 | Texas | | 89 | 6.3% |
| #3 | Illinois | | 18 | 1.3% |
| #4 | Florida | | 16 | 1.1% |
| #5 | Michigan | | 11 | 0.8% |
| #6 | Georgia | | 7 | 0.5% |
| #7 | Pennsylvania | | 5 | 0.4% |
| #8 | Tennessee | | 5 | 0.4% |
123 of 1,402 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 8 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 8.8% of nationwide
- Texas 6.3% of nationwide
- Illinois 1.3% of nationwide
- Florida 1.1% of nationwide
- Michigan 0.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 8 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 8.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1979–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.